Haverhill


Anne of Cleves retirement home in Haverhill, Suffolk*
Anne of Cleves retirement home in Haverhill, Suffolk

Haverhill is a relatively new town, founded in the early Industrial Revolution to provide workers for a nearby cloth mill. However it does contain one ancient building, a lovely half-timbered house built by Henry VIII for Anne of Cleves - and no, Anne was neither his mistress nor his lover nor even his wife.

So why did Henry build her a house? Watch the film and find out.